Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-12
DAITY HERALD,
rHE CONTEST.
nere Testimony Taken hehero
she No,ary Yesterday.


mere Testimony Taken heiero
the No,ary Yesterday.
Thomss F. B,tello was the first wi
meas examined yesterday in the Lynch'
v.,dever contest. He testified to the
s..4 that there were large number OF
votsrs in line at the White House fre-
c;pot on election day, and that every ef'
fort was made to retard Democrats ana
keep them from voting. ;, 3,
John Detweiler swore that he enrolled
NJ. name with Deputy Assessor, but
w,s not allowed to vote because his name
-. not on the Great Register. lie would
have voted for MIR. Lynch.
John Abbot testified to knowing sew
-, man vho were enrolled and would
have voted for Mr.. Lynch, but their
names were left off the Register. lie
..;a the officers on duty would not allow
Democrats to communicate Win 'nelr
challengers, but Republican managers
could do so with impuni'y. =.
james Cussen testified to the ieng'n ot
The line of voters, and that numuer Oh
uaeu left the line. It took thirty inmates
to vote. o,,.a
hi. name with o Deputy Assessor, but
was not placed on the Great Register ana
vsa not allowed to vote. he wouia
have voted for MIR. Lynch. j..
". Domec testified to the same effect
- Mr.. Foussart.
P. M. G.ffey testified that he was
one of the Judges Of Election In 'ne
White House Precinct, and that ma
ioritv of the Board was Republican.
There were many men standing ready
70 vote when the polls closed.
8. w. Kalisher testified that he was
= challenger at the White House Pre
cinct. There were from 60 to lOo II
line nearly all day and that many II
limo when the polls closed. He saw som'
eight or ten dummies in line, Iut tner'
by the Republicans.
Lnoi Layomars,no testified that HI
Registered with the County CLERK oa
bis name was left eff the Great Regis
ter. He would have voted for Mr
Lynch for Congress if his name na'
been put upon the Great Register b.
the County Clerk and he allowed t
vote.
John H. Engels testified that he qui
work and got into line at 3:45 ana
was 4:40 when he got to the hallot boz
and he was the last in the lin
10 try to vote. "When CAV
IN my vote gentleman took m!
ticket, examined it, examined the book
and said it was all right. The challenge
outside said it was all right, Then b
gave me my ticket back and says: 'Shu
tho door; the polls are closed. &c
5 O'clock I had my watch out an
Il was 4:40 o'clock. was going to vot
for Mr.. Lynch and this gentleman o.
the door sang out He is Democrat
and the polls were closed. The doc
was shut in my face and I did Dot vote
There were sixty men In line when tn
polls closed. The sun was not dow
when the polls closed. There was
dispute about the time but they said
Go away thought the voters VIII
had been shut out weuld break the doc
open, but they didn't. l said it is
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M. T. Collins testified that there wer
from 100 to lao voters in line at th
White House Precinct during the day
The voting was slow. There was niue
wrangling about votes. There wei
thirty. five men in line when the pol
closed, It took man three. quarters I
an hour to vote. "We quit hauling
voters at o'clock because there wei
more men in line than could vote"
w. G. Smith testified that he enrolle
his name but his name was not on til
Great Register. If he had been allowe
to vote he would have voted for NJ
Lynch.
Edward Arzaga testified that thel
were seventy-five to one hundred me
in line and over fifty were shut ou
He left the line because he could NJ
spare the time to vote. He went bac
and voted the second time.
r. F. Del Vale testified that he WI
Informed that registration would clos
on the I'd Of October and after that tin
told . number of people that it hs
closed and they were too late to regist
and vote at the November election.
F. Endl and A. c. Roques testified
the large number of men in line and
the long time it took to vote. Also tn
many were shut out when the pol
closed.
The taking of dispositions was a.
journed to 10 o'clock to-day.